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<h3>MEMCMP(3)           Linux Programmer's Manual           MEMCMP(3)
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<h3>NAME
</h3>       memcmp - compare memory areas

<h3>SYNOPSIS
</h3>       #include &lt;string.h&gt;

       int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n);

<h3>DESCRIPTION
</h3>       The  memcmp()  function  compares the first n bytes of the
       memory areas s1 and s2.  It returns an integer less  than,
       equal  to,  or  greater  than zero if s1 is found, respec-
       tively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than  s2.

<h3>RETURN VALUE
</h3>       The  memcmp() function returns an integer less than, equal
       to, or greater than zero if the first n  bytes  of  s1  is
       found,  respectively,  to  be  less  than, to match, or be
       greater than the first n bytes of s2.

<h3>CONFORMING TO
</h3>       SVID 3, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

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<h3>SEE ALSO
</h3><p>
<a href=bcmp.htm>bcmp</a>, 
<a href=strcasecmp.htm>strcasecmp</a>, 
<a href=strcmp.htm>strcmp</a>, 
<a href=strcoll.htm>strcoll</a>, 
<a href=strncmp.htm>strncmp</a>, 
<a href=strncasecmp.htm>strncasecmp</a>, 
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